WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -According to the UN Envoy for Syria, an estimated 400, 000 Syrians have been killed since an uprising in March 2011 spiraled into civil war. See how the conflict has unfolded. An injured man lying in the back of a vehicle is rushed to a hospital in Daraa, Syria, on March 23, 2011.

Detailed explanation-2: -Unrest in Syria began on 15 March 2011 as part of the wider 2011 Arab Spring protests out of discontent with the Syrian government, eventually escalating to an armed conflict after protests calling for Assad’s removal were violently suppressed.

Detailed explanation-3: -What began as protests against President Assad’s regime in 2011 quickly escalated into a full-scale war between the Syrian government-backed by Russia and Iran-and anti-government rebel groups-backed by the United States, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and others in the region.

Detailed explanation-4: -The number of soldiers who died between 1861 and 1865, generally estimated at 620, 000, is approximately equal to the total of American fatalities in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, combined.

Detailed explanation-5: -The 2012–2013 escalation of the Syrian Civil War refers to the third phase of the Syrian Civil War, which gradually escalated from a UN-mediated cease fire attempt during April–May 2012 and deteriorated into radical violence, escalating the conflict level to a full-fledged civil war.